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Chicago examiner vol xv no 131 a m wednesday Chicago may 23 1917 wednesday sccbtena vttinv twrf r>ttxrt â– ch ca go elsewhere m o s patent office rtvll.il j v kj kjejh j o and suburbs three cents mayor and lundin in plot to wreck schools says loeb hit to fuiw in president reads charges of spoliation to board of educa tion which lines up with him in finish fight a conspiracy to wreck the pub lic school system of Chicago in the interest of the republican political machine was charged against mayor thompson and fred lundin yesterday by jacob m loeb in a remarkable address before a special meeting of the board of edu cation of which he was reappointed president by mayor thompson only twenty days ago mr loeb alleged first that mayor thompson has betrayed the trust of the Chicago public school league by violating his promise to let th league investigate all school board candidates before they ar appointed that he named nine new members of the board of education at the sole direction of fred lundin second that lundin proposes deliberately to raid the schools to make places for his political henchmen that the school board attorney its secretary and its * architect are among those to be removed â– â€¢ third that lundin is bent oj wrecking the civil service of the municipality fourth that lundin as the warwick of the administra tion rules the city through star chamber sessions held in room â– 1108 hotel la salle and that the mayor is in reality only lun din's puppet - charges piracy to scuttle school ship what next cried the president at the conclusion of these charges are superintendents supervisors principals teachers and engineers to be selected in the same way are school contracts for books and coal and other supplies to be let to your fellows lundin are sites to be bought schools to be built leases to be made so that your real live men loyal and true may profit lundin to what end would you apply the po'itical rough stuff in vogue thirty years ago to our public school sys tem of to-day are the stars and stripes to come down from the public schoolhouse and is the black jack to be hoisted instead what political piracy is this you propose would you and your band overtake the school ship board and then scuttle it weary as was dr sachs but won't resign life not on your life lundin he shouted and the audience broke into applause play fair with the schools or 1 drastic postage actvoted by house zone rates retained in 1,800 000,000 revenue bill after bitter midnight debate many publishers are facing ruin by sam w small jr washington may 22 ad | ministration supporters by a vote of 19s to 71 at 1 a in this morning in the house sitting as committee of the whole imposed a drastic postal charge upon sec ond-class mail matter if the senate aproves many newspapers and mag azines will be driven out of exist ence and many others will suffer materially by two votes of 162 to 116 and 174 to 126 the house refused to strike from the 1,800,000,000 war revenue bill the increased charges on second-class matter on an amend ment proposed by mondell of wyo ming although the final vote was 198 to 71 133 members were absent action not final till roll is called to-day this action is not final in the house is the same motion can be made when the bill comes up for linal consideration in the house and then it will be put on roll call and the real strength of the opposition will be revealed while the bill has virtually passed the committee of the whole a return to the section taxing other advertis ing than that carried in newspapers and periodicals will be made tp-day for amendment and the bill then will be ready for consideration by the house on final passage the first attack upon the proposed postal increases on newspapers and magazines was made by moore of pennsylvania who moved to strike out the zone system and raise the present rale of 1 cent a pound to 2 cents a pound mann upholds periodicals as nation's educators mann of Illinois leader of tire strong republican minority went even further and declared his belief that the entire proposed increase u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” fnlr wednesday nnd thursday with rising temperature moderate northwest minds wednesday temperature foi twenty-fuiir hours ending 2 a m : hikhcst 43 lowest :"Â»: average 41 normal temperature for the day 59 defuiencv of temperature since january 1 117 l*recipitation for twenty-four houra ending at 7 p tn 1.87 deflcinecy of precipitation sine january 1 2 18 relative humidity 7 a m 92 2 p m 82 7 p m 7g isaronietue pttssure reduced to sea letel 7 a n 2f1.,"1 7 n m 29.75 sunriÃŸe to-day 4 2 sunset 7:11 full government report on pago 1 - russian army has made peace avers admiral london may 23 3 a m an odessa dispatch to the times says that admiral goltchak com mander of the russian black sea fleet reports after a visit to pe trograd that the army at the front remains passive the admiral says the army may be said to have practically concluded peace with germany at a moment when a russian offensive might have played a decisive part in the european campaign petrograd may 22 albert thomas the french minister of munitions addressing a delega tion of the workmen's and sol diers delegates of moscow said thousands of french and british soldiers were perishing while awaiting russia's co-operation in the war wilson in mew censor demand letter to congressman declares curb on war reports essen tial to safety by james montague washington may 22 president wilson to-day made himself the lead er of the fight to censor the press during the war on the eve of the final battle to eliminate every vestige of a gag on free speech from the espionage bill he sent the following letter to chairman webb of the house judiciary committee my dear webb l have been much surprised to find several of the public prints stating that the ad ministration had abandoned the po sition which it so distinctly took and still holds that authority to exercise censorship over the press to the extent that censorship is embodied in the recent action of the house of representatives is abso lutely necessary to the public safety 11 of course has not been aban doned because the reasons still exist why such authority is neces sary for the protection of the na tion calls ce.vsor imperative i hr.vc every confidence that the grea majority of the newspapers of the country will observe a pa triotic reticence about everything whose publication could be of in jury but in every country there are some persons in a position to do mischief in this field who cannot be relied upon and whose interests or desires will lead to actions on their part highly dangerous to the nation in the midst of a war i want to say again that it seems to me imperative that powers of this sort shouid be granted cordially and sincerely yours woodhow wilson the republicans in the house to tlay caucused against accepting the gard amendment which is the only censorship provision left in the meas ure senate majority decisive the senate has already stricken out all reference to the censorship in the bill oy a vote of 48 to 34 the fight will come up to-morrow or thursday it will be sharp and bitter it is expected that the con ference committee now endeavoring to harmonize the bills passed by the senate and house will report in fa vor of the gard amendment this declares for a modified censorship but leaves to the courts the power originally granted the president the friends of free speech how ever have given no ground they hold that any censorship provision whatever is extremely dangerous france must win alsace ribot insists premier admits mistakes in champagne offensive says it exhausted german reserves ! russia faithful deputies told and stands wfth allies against oppression of any people j paris may 12 â€” parliament wa reopened to-day and the expected in terpellations regarding the conduct of i the war were presented in the cham i ber addressing the deputies pre | mier jubot said i recognize that the represeiita i tives of the people desire some ex f nlanatious the public like your selves has the right to hr informed j srcret sessions may be resorretf i for other subjects concerning the interpellations on the last offensive it may be said there were some excessive hopes and some errors of execution but j the results obtained should be neither exaggerated nor belittled ! never have our soldiers proved more admirable uk ii command cha.\<;ed the government has thought ! some changes should be made and it has made them it has reorgan ized the high command so as to re lieve it of everything not con cerned with military operations in reference to submarine war fare i recognize that while the tonnage loss has diminished w.e must seek more energetic and de cisive means of dealing with the submarines as to the food supply,'*we are ready to discuss it as soon as pos sible believing the country has not been sufficiently informed a great german drive was fore stalled by the french offensive he said and the french besides gaining valuable ground compelled hinden burg to use up all his reserves demands lost provinces taking up the russian situation premier ribot said it was necessary to combat dangerous sophisms which sought to treat the restoration of our lost provinces as being a ques tion of annexation no conquests and no coveteous ness â€” that in substance is what the russian government declares france replies it could not oppress any nationality even that of its enemies what france also wishes is a durable peace but we do not wish military despotisms to endure which can destroy this durable peace when it is once made if the german people comprehend this it would make peace easier to attain that is the view of rus sia at the moment when the unit ed states is making preparations to enter the war now let russia make her offensive and we will be able to talk of peace not in an equivocal manner but openly and this peace if they do not ask it of us we will impose van dyke on vessel attacked by u boats new york may 22 dr henry van dyke former american minis ter'to the netherlands returned to night on a liner that twice eluded by narrow margins german submarines a torpedo fired at the vessel 250 miles off the irish coast passed with in sixty feet of the stern the next day another projectile passed within twenty feet of the bow austria plans liberal peace offer to russia amsterdam may 22 1t is the austrian einpero"'s idea to offer generous peace con ditions to russia according to a german correspondent of the tijd these will include the integral re-establishment of poland free passage through the dardanelles and even a loan to russia these proposals were dis cussed at a recent meeting be tween count czernin the austro hungarian foreign minister and dr von bethmann-hollweg the imperial german chancellor at headquarters count czernin has returned to vienna allies refuse peace offer rome hears proposal was made through neutral diplomats in switzerland rome may 22 â€” persistent rumor in diplomatic circles has it that the central powers have made a new peace proposal to the entente it la said to have been made this time through neutral diplomatic channels in switzerland the basic principle expounded by the intermediaries of the proffer s that the teutons are resolved to fight to the last and that therefore it would be wiser and more humane to arrive at an understanding with their foes the allies rejected the offer it is said maxim has device to beat u boats by international news service new york may 22 â€” hudson maxim the inventor declared to night he is working with good re sults on a device which he hopes will make ships torpedo proof while the device has not been tested yet i believe it will be effective in protecting a ship absolutely from Ã¼ boat attacks said mr maxim the device may be installed on ships now built vrooman sees call on u.s for 5,000,000 men omaha neb may 22 carl vroo man assistant secretary of agricul ture in an address before the nebras ka food conservation congress to night said if russia should collapse america will have to send 5,000 000 men to europe and we will have to start doing it rapidly he pre dicted that before the end of the present year america will be grind ing corn and potatoes into flour iron discipline is begun in russ army petrograd may 22 the iron hand threatened by m kerensky the war minister for restoring dis cipline in the army was first em ployed last night two companies of a finland regiment surrounded a house where thirty armed deserters were hiding instead of expected bloodshed the thirty surrendered tamely and were marched off to bar racks food bill in hose urgebdy wilson lever measure confering drastic powers on president bars speculation and permits the regulation of prices by john temple gkaves washington may 23,-r-tlie carefully considered and offi cially revised lever food bill which is definitely the administra tion bill was introduced by mr lev er in the house this afternoon the president indorses it in full and will doubtless drive with all his powerful purpose toward its enactment as soon as possible the measure empowers the presi dent iâ€”to1 â€” to fix maximum and minimum prices on foodstuffs under certain conditions 2 â€” to prohibit injurious speculation in grain and to regulate the operation of stock and grain exchanges i â€” to purchase and sell food neces sities to break corners 4 â€” to control agencies for dis tribution by means of licenses 3 â€” to fix grain and food standards 6 â€” to prevent the use of grain for the manufacture of intoxicating beverages when he believes such a step necessar 7 to establish the percentage ol flour to be obtained from wheat b^to take over mines and facto ries when the owners do not fulfill their obligations committee favors bill the bill was referred to the com mittee on agriculture and will emerge as quickly as a nearly united committee can present it the powers conferred upon the president are to be conferred by him upÂ«n herbert c hoover as food ad ministrator mr hoover has ap proved the bill the lever bill makes the price-fix ing problem clear if it becomes necessary to stimulate production a guaranteed price may be fixed by the president the bill also includes an anti-dumping clause to prevent flood ing the american market with ex cessive importations if essential a duty the amount to be determined by the president will be levied under the bill the president may pre scribe the highest prices at which it is reasonable to deal in any par ticular necessaries this does not ap ply to the farmer or any person who has something to sell from land cul tivated by himself food survey called vital the house bill will carry about 15,000,000 in appropriations the principal items will be educational campaign including housewives and cooks in eliminating waste 3,000,000 of most pressing importance in the opinion of the administration are the provisions which call for a food sur vey of countrywide scope no section of the lever bill in the house will be more carefully scru tinized than the fixing of a minimum and a maximum price both have serious opponents full tr.it nf the lever food bui is printed on vaifv si loeb begged mayor to oust his enemies is thompson's reply came with tears in his eyes and blessed me for standing by him in the council fight mmade replÃŸ the >"'| by presm the educatiom say me the day ol is : : | to was h falsehoods from rinishh to understancm his reports have receh eih he made delibm misrepresentation the facts i after come heels reappointm for five in his only a ago loelm came to office mm his i;>h me me foil by the thafl was made the citjm made the for loetfl because he foth for the wel-h the schoom comes falsel ii-h whi..'b he to ehangehj in positions to the corporation counsel before the civil service commis sion the mayor was asked he replied every department of the city government received such a letter it is aimed at the temporary appointment evil which has been criticized so vigorously by reform organizations the letter went to mr loeb about a month ago the idea was that an assistant corporation counsel was to watch the temporary appoint ment situation and advise the civil service commission when immediate examinations would be necessary then mr loeb speaks about fred lundin attempting to mix in board of education matters mr lundin never ran after mr loeb but i cannot say the same thing for mr loeb mr lundin tcld me this evening the only time he ever met loeb was by the latter's appointment at the meetings i had with mr loeb he was generally trying to prevail upon me to rid the board of his enemies he begged of me to deny ralph otis a reappointment i hear that he had his arms around otis in this afternoon's meeting loeb's removal unlikely could mr loeb have gotten the idea that your latest appointments would result in giving the teachers federation the upper hand he was asked i fail to see how mr loeb can tell what will be the attitude of the nine open-minded men and women whose names i have sent to the coun cil lam at a total loss for an explanation of his action did you know of his opposition to the appointees i did not â€¢ did he know who was to be appointed the names had been fully discussed and i am almost positive mr loeb had a good idea of the appointees before their presentation to the council is there any possible chance of mr loeb's being removed froif office hardly he has been reappointed for five years and his reappoint ment has been confirmed by the city council it is peculiar that this ac tion of his should come so soon after that action'was taken is there anything you can do about it i can find out just what he has said and what charges he has made and then i can set forth my answer to it in a signed statement which the public will get soon fred lundin i'loto by matzenc jacob m loeb continued or 6th page sth column f ) j^m__%j m m jm fsf ml m tm\rw^^^mmmt mu m r m m m w^m buy a liberty bond and help furnish the sinews of wab | i 1 your every dollar like the eagle it bears willi come home to its nest -^ s^^a^l^^4bfc.*^Â«b 4ki tkr ta f w kw mfl

Chicago examiner vol xv no 131 a m wednesday Chicago may 23 1917 wednesday sccbtena vttinv twrf r>ttxrt â– ch ca go elsewhere m o s patent office rtvll.il j v kj kjejh j o and suburbs three cents mayor and lundin in plot to wreck schools says loeb hit to fuiw in president reads charges of spoliation to board of educa tion which lines up with him in finish fight a conspiracy to wreck the pub lic school system of Chicago in the interest of the republican political machine was charged against mayor thompson and fred lundin yesterday by jacob m loeb in a remarkable address before a special meeting of the board of edu cation of which he was reappointed president by mayor thompson only twenty days ago mr loeb alleged first that mayor thompson has betrayed the trust of the Chicago public school league by violating his promise to let th league investigate all school board candidates before they ar appointed that he named nine new members of the board of education at the sole direction of fred lundin second that lundin proposes deliberately to raid the schools to make places for his political henchmen that the school board attorney its secretary and its * architect are among those to be removed â– â€¢ third that lundin is bent oj wrecking the civil service of the municipality fourth that lundin as the warwick of the administra tion rules the city through star chamber sessions held in room â– 1108 hotel la salle and that the mayor is in reality only lun din's puppet - charges piracy to scuttle school ship what next cried the president at the conclusion of these charges are superintendents supervisors principals teachers and engineers to be selected in the same way are school contracts for books and coal and other supplies to be let to your fellows lundin are sites to be bought schools to be built leases to be made so that your real live men loyal and true may profit lundin to what end would you apply the po'itical rough stuff in vogue thirty years ago to our public school sys tem of to-day are the stars and stripes to come down from the public schoolhouse and is the black jack to be hoisted instead what political piracy is this you propose would you and your band overtake the school ship board and then scuttle it weary as was dr sachs but won't resign life not on your life lundin he shouted and the audience broke into applause play fair with the schools or 1 drastic postage actvoted by house zone rates retained in 1,800 000,000 revenue bill after bitter midnight debate many publishers are facing ruin by sam w small jr washington may 22 ad | ministration supporters by a vote of 19s to 71 at 1 a in this morning in the house sitting as committee of the whole imposed a drastic postal charge upon sec ond-class mail matter if the senate aproves many newspapers and mag azines will be driven out of exist ence and many others will suffer materially by two votes of 162 to 116 and 174 to 126 the house refused to strike from the 1,800,000,000 war revenue bill the increased charges on second-class matter on an amend ment proposed by mondell of wyo ming although the final vote was 198 to 71 133 members were absent action not final till roll is called to-day this action is not final in the house is the same motion can be made when the bill comes up for linal consideration in the house and then it will be put on roll call and the real strength of the opposition will be revealed while the bill has virtually passed the committee of the whole a return to the section taxing other advertis ing than that carried in newspapers and periodicals will be made tp-day for amendment and the bill then will be ready for consideration by the house on final passage the first attack upon the proposed postal increases on newspapers and magazines was made by moore of pennsylvania who moved to strike out the zone system and raise the present rale of 1 cent a pound to 2 cents a pound mann upholds periodicals as nation's educators mann of Illinois leader of tire strong republican minority went even further and declared his belief that the entire proposed increase u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” fnlr wednesday nnd thursday with rising temperature moderate northwest minds wednesday temperature foi twenty-fuiir hours ending 2 a m : hikhcst 43 lowest :"Â»: average 41 normal temperature for the day 59 defuiencv of temperature since january 1 117 l*recipitation for twenty-four houra ending at 7 p tn 1.87 deflcinecy of precipitation sine january 1 2 18 relative humidity 7 a m 92 2 p m 82 7 p m 7g isaronietue pttssure reduced to sea letel 7 a n 2f1.,"1 7 n m 29.75 sunriÃŸe to-day 4 2 sunset 7:11 full government report on pago 1 - russian army has made peace avers admiral london may 23 3 a m an odessa dispatch to the times says that admiral goltchak com mander of the russian black sea fleet reports after a visit to pe trograd that the army at the front remains passive the admiral says the army may be said to have practically concluded peace with germany at a moment when a russian offensive might have played a decisive part in the european campaign petrograd may 22 albert thomas the french minister of munitions addressing a delega tion of the workmen's and sol diers delegates of moscow said thousands of french and british soldiers were perishing while awaiting russia's co-operation in the war wilson in mew censor demand letter to congressman declares curb on war reports essen tial to safety by james montague washington may 22 president wilson to-day made himself the lead er of the fight to censor the press during the war on the eve of the final battle to eliminate every vestige of a gag on free speech from the espionage bill he sent the following letter to chairman webb of the house judiciary committee my dear webb l have been much surprised to find several of the public prints stating that the ad ministration had abandoned the po sition which it so distinctly took and still holds that authority to exercise censorship over the press to the extent that censorship is embodied in the recent action of the house of representatives is abso lutely necessary to the public safety 11 of course has not been aban doned because the reasons still exist why such authority is neces sary for the protection of the na tion calls ce.vsor imperative i hr.vc every confidence that the grea majority of the newspapers of the country will observe a pa triotic reticence about everything whose publication could be of in jury but in every country there are some persons in a position to do mischief in this field who cannot be relied upon and whose interests or desires will lead to actions on their part highly dangerous to the nation in the midst of a war i want to say again that it seems to me imperative that powers of this sort shouid be granted cordially and sincerely yours woodhow wilson the republicans in the house to tlay caucused against accepting the gard amendment which is the only censorship provision left in the meas ure senate majority decisive the senate has already stricken out all reference to the censorship in the bill oy a vote of 48 to 34 the fight will come up to-morrow or thursday it will be sharp and bitter it is expected that the con ference committee now endeavoring to harmonize the bills passed by the senate and house will report in fa vor of the gard amendment this declares for a modified censorship but leaves to the courts the power originally granted the president the friends of free speech how ever have given no ground they hold that any censorship provision whatever is extremely dangerous france must win alsace ribot insists premier admits mistakes in champagne offensive says it exhausted german reserves ! russia faithful deputies told and stands wfth allies against oppression of any people j paris may 12 â€” parliament wa reopened to-day and the expected in terpellations regarding the conduct of i the war were presented in the cham i ber addressing the deputies pre | mier jubot said i recognize that the represeiita i tives of the people desire some ex f nlanatious the public like your selves has the right to hr informed j srcret sessions may be resorretf i for other subjects concerning the interpellations on the last offensive it may be said there were some excessive hopes and some errors of execution but j the results obtained should be neither exaggerated nor belittled ! never have our soldiers proved more admirable uk ii command cha.\"'| by presm the educatiom say me the day ol is : : | to was h falsehoods from rinishh to understancm his reports have receh eih he made delibm misrepresentation the facts i after come heels reappointm for five in his only a ago loelm came to office mm his i;>h me me foil by the thafl was made the citjm made the for loetfl because he foth for the wel-h the schoom comes falsel ii-h whi..'b he to ehangehj in positions to the corporation counsel before the civil service commis sion the mayor was asked he replied every department of the city government received such a letter it is aimed at the temporary appointment evil which has been criticized so vigorously by reform organizations the letter went to mr loeb about a month ago the idea was that an assistant corporation counsel was to watch the temporary appoint ment situation and advise the civil service commission when immediate examinations would be necessary then mr loeb speaks about fred lundin attempting to mix in board of education matters mr lundin never ran after mr loeb but i cannot say the same thing for mr loeb mr lundin tcld me this evening the only time he ever met loeb was by the latter's appointment at the meetings i had with mr loeb he was generally trying to prevail upon me to rid the board of his enemies he begged of me to deny ralph otis a reappointment i hear that he had his arms around otis in this afternoon's meeting loeb's removal unlikely could mr loeb have gotten the idea that your latest appointments would result in giving the teachers federation the upper hand he was asked i fail to see how mr loeb can tell what will be the attitude of the nine open-minded men and women whose names i have sent to the coun cil lam at a total loss for an explanation of his action did you know of his opposition to the appointees i did not â€¢ did he know who was to be appointed the names had been fully discussed and i am almost positive mr loeb had a good idea of the appointees before their presentation to the council is there any possible chance of mr loeb's being removed froif office hardly he has been reappointed for five years and his reappoint ment has been confirmed by the city council it is peculiar that this ac tion of his should come so soon after that action'was taken is there anything you can do about it i can find out just what he has said and what charges he has made and then i can set forth my answer to it in a signed statement which the public will get soon fred lundin i'loto by matzenc jacob m loeb continued or 6th page sth column f ) j^m__%j m m jm fsf ml m tm\rw^^^mmmt mu m r m m m w^m buy a liberty bond and help furnish the sinews of wab | i 1 your every dollar like the eagle it bears willi come home to its nest -^ s^^a^l^^4bfc.*^Â«b 4ki tkr ta f w kw mfl